Posted on 09/27/2012 6:57:34 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
... when it comes to the artist with the most Billboard Hot 100 hits, Elvis Presley**'s longstanding record total gives way to a new stats king: Lil Wayne**.
As he debuts as a featured artist (with Chris Brown**, Tyga** and Wiz Khalifa**) on Game**'s aptly titled "Celebration" at No. 82, the superstar rapper rewrites the mark for the most Hot 100 chart visits. Now with 109 entries, Weezy passes Elvis Presley, who totaled 108 between the chart's 1958 launch and 2003.
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I agree that not all is bad. Fleet Foxes I’ve heard. I also like Arcade Fire, The Shins, Death Cab for Cutie and Wilco to name some of the more recent alt-rock bands.
A superstar rapper named Wayne does not compute.
“In 2012, everybody wants to be Young Jeezy but this time everybody has a smartphone that can digitally record anything that comes into their head and lay it over a downloaded backing track.”
Not sure about Young Jeezy, but yeah, I think I agree. There surely were a lot of unskilled rock acts banging away in gargages, but I like a lot of it.
Here’s another thing, I think a lot of folks are resentful of hip hop because it sucked all the air out of potential black rock acts. Part of this might the ease in which acceptable rap can be made.
Freegards
Sounds like my story.
You consider yourself a grownup? Only misguided kids, or those sleaze ball grownups behind the scenes who make millions off of it, would defend and make excuses for this garbage.
As I've replied to others already:
Nearly everyone who grew up on classical or ragtime in the 30's said the exact same thing about Elvis (and Rock-n-roll).
No, there is a big difference between the two. Anyone with a discerning mind can see the difference.
You can hardly compare "Elvis, the Pelvis" with this seriously raunchy, violent, hateful cRap 'music'.
Play It Cool--The Spaniels (1954)
Watusi--Richard Berry & the Pharaohs (1956)
Wally Rap--Wally George
Add Beware (Brother, Beware) by Louis Jordan to that list.
Your posts add nothing to the conversation.
Yeah, thanks for that input. I don’t need to submit my life experiences and observations. Cutting straight to the chase works best in this case.
Really?
There were precious few of those between 1970 and 1985.
I don't see how hip hop taking off in 1985 had any effect on a niche that pretty much died with Jimi Hendrix.
Were you a fan of Living Colour, for example?
I was referring to popular music. Music we commonly hear or have heard on the radio. Nearly every cRap song I've heard playing on some jerk's expensive car system is foul-mouthed, violent, disgusting. The beat isn't bad on some, but much of the time that's stuff they've stolen from some classic, old-school artist.
LOL!
Here are some more "old white" acts that she might like:
Clever way to end all disagreement: Cheap insults! Woo!
Yep, just a classic. I suppose it will become a standard.
Sampling hasn't been a part of hip hop songwriting for almost a decade now.
Hence producers like Timbaland, the Neptunes, Dr. Luke, Sa-Ra, etc.
The entire economic structure of the music has changed. It used to be about making enough from the song to pay the licensing fee for the sample and still having money left over.
Now it's about songwriting credits and collecting all the money.
If Lil’ Whatsis was a real wrapper he’d had been done shot in da drive-thru by now
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